Chamberlain Group Surgical Training Model Facilitates New Treatment for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Eliminates Need for Cadavers and Accelerates Physician Training GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chamberlain Group, maker of anatomically accurate surgical training models, is improving how ENT physicians are trained using their new Maxillary Clinical Sinus Trainer. This...

New Rhinosinusitis Clinical Trials Guidance Developed

More than 30 million Americans can attest that rhinosinusitis – an often recurring combination of congestion, discolored nasal discharge//, cough, and headache – seriously affects their quality of life. A group of 25 physicians from five national medical societies has collaborated to design th...

Sinus Infections Can Cause Toxic Shock in Kids

... rhinosinusitis is one of several causes of syndrome, researchers ...3 were also diagnosed with either acute or chronic rhinosinusitis -- infection and inflammation in the sinus passage...n of the 23 children with toxic shock syndrome and rhinosinusitis were admitted to the intensive care unit, four req...

Steroid Concoction May Ease Sinusitis

...ed with chronic sinusitis," the researchers concluded. "Budesonide respules seem to provide an effective treatment option for the patient with chronic rhinosinusitis with minimal fear of systemic adverse effects." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved budesonide as a nasal wash, which means the...

Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction

... Blacksburg, Va. A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) have revealed that eosinophils, a particular type of ...

Don't Prescribe Antibiotics for Adult Sinus Woes

...hat physicians give up using antibiotics altogether for adult patients with rhinosinusitis -- even when symptoms persist beyond a week. "Antibiotics offer little b... least one antibiotic was prescribed in nearly 83 percent of cases of acute rhinosinusitis and in nearly 70 percent of cases of the chronic, longer-running version of...

Your Stuffy Nose Could Mean More Than a Cold

...hink they are suffering from a cold during the winter months when they're actually experiencing allergies," said Anju Peters, MD, Chair of the AAAAI's rhinosinusitis Committee. "Cold and allergy symptoms can be very similar, making it hard to decipher a difference between the two. The main difference is the length ...

Children With Sinusitis Lead A Better Life After Surgery

...ids is the first-line surgical therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis in children. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (...al therapy were included in the study. Severity of rhinosinusitis and effectiveness of surgery for the relief of rhinosinusitis were evaluated using the SN-5 quality of life surv...

Rhinosinusitis in Medical Technology

New Studies Highlight Benefits of Coblation(R)-Assisted Procedures in Airway Fire Prevention and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

...nal microdebridement technique. Surgical management of refractory chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis is typically successfully performed using ESS.(1.,2.) ...ources: 1. Bhattacharyya N. Progress in surgical management of chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 7(3):216-220, 2007. 2. Bh...

Rhinosinusitis in Medical Dictionary

Sinus Infection

... ... is a Sinus Infection ? Sinus infections , also called ... Acute sinusitis; Sinus infection ; Sinusitis - acute; Sinusitis - chronic; rhinosinusitis ... Tapping over a sinus area to find infection ... When functioning correctly the job of the sinuses is to filter the air of bacteria and p...